A core function of public health is assessment. The purpose of the Community Health Assessment is to learn about the community: The health of the population, Contributing factors to higher health risks or poorer health outcomes of identified populations and Community resources available to improve the health status.

A Community Health Assessment is a collaborative process of collecting and analyzing data and information for use in educating and mobilizing communities, developing priorities, garnering resources or using resources in different ways, adopting or revising policies and planning actions to improve the populationâ€™s health.

Below are the results of the 2016 Morrow County Community Health AssessmentÂ .

Please feel free to send in questions, comments, concerns, or general feedback about the published Community Health Assessment: Was there something in the assessment that completely shocked you? Was there something you already knew? Just complete the response box below with your information and specific question or feedback, click Send, and theÂ information will be sent to the Morrow County Health District’s Health Commissioner.